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Upcoming Events

4/14/2012 !!!!!Banquet!!!!!!

We will be holding our banquet at the Elkhart County Fair Grounds agian this year. Doors open at 5:30, dinner is served at 6:30. Come out and join us for a fun night of fundraising. If you would like tickets please call Nathan Muir at 574-612-7436. We hope to see you there!!!

4/1/2012 Monthly Meeting

Our April monthly meeting is currently on hold as we gear up for the banquet on April 14th. We will be having almost weekly banquet commitee meetings until the banquet. If you are interested in helping out and becoming an active part of a great organization please call Nathan Muir at 574-596-0042 for meeting times and details

3/23/2011 Hunters Safety Education

Hunters Safety Education will be held at Nappanee Conservation Club on March 23rd and 24th. Both days are required to get your certification. Please Call Randy Yoder at 596-9836 if you have any questions

Chapter History

In the fall of 2006, an avid outdoorsman, Derrick Hendricks, hosted an exploratory meeting of about a dozen like minded individuals interested in preserving and conserving wildlife habitat. The meeting was held at the River Inn, in Bristol, Indiana. Brian Grossman, the Regional Wildlife Biologist for Pheasants Forever facilitated the discussion. Enough interest and enthusiasm was shown among the group to proceed forward with attempts to establish a new Chapter of Pheasants Forever in Elkhart County.

Media outlets were contacted and spread the word of an organizational meeting of Pheasants Forever. That meeting was held at the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service office, Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds, 17746-B County Road 34, Goshen, Indiana. The meeting was hosted by Elkhart County Soil and Water Conservation District, Manager, Nancy Brown. This time, Brian Grossman, Regional Wildlife Biologist for Pheasant Forever, gave an in-depth presentation, to an audience of around 50 individuals, about Pheasants Forever. He explained how they might go about forming a Chapter and joining this prestigious organization. After much lively discussion it was agreed that a Chapter was needed and could be sustained in Elkhart County.

Elkhart Chapter #826 of Pheasants Forever was officially formed, November 16th, 2006. Angelo H. Miller was chosen as its first President.

Under the leadership of Mr. Miller and a core group of dedicated PF members the first Elkhart County Pheasants Forever Banquet was held March 24th, 2007, at Eby Pines Conference Center, Bristol, Indiana. There was an overflowing capacity crowd. The banquet was a huge success, made possible by generous financial support of the many in attendance.

Pheasants Forever Chapter #826 grassroots had been established. That spring Elkhart County Pheasants Forever completed just a little less than 100 acres of habitat projects.

Since then regular monthly meetings of Elkhart County Chapter #826, Board of Directors, and other interested persons have been conducted. These meetings generally are held at the Goshen Public Library the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Monthly meetings serve as organizational business meetings for the chapter and our many habitat projects, youth/education events, and other Pheasants Forever activities around the county.

Accomplishments:
-Chapter Agreement signed, Nov. 16, 2006

-Chapter By-Laws established, May 2007

-Officers and Board of Directors (elected annually)

-Standing Committees established including: Banquet Comittee, Habitat Committee, and Youth and Education Committee

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